Measuring Innovation： A New Perspective-2010（英文书籍）

Foreword
Sound measurement of innovation is crucial for policy making. It helps policy makers to evaluate the efficiency
of their policies and spending and to assess the contribution of innovation to achieving social and economic
objectives, and it legitimises public intervention by enhancing public accountability. Yet, the measures of
innovation currently available do not adequately take account of the full role of innovation in today’s economy.
Measuring Innovation: A New Perspective selects indicators traditionally used to monitor innovation, and complements
them with indicators from other domains that describe the broader context in which innovation occurs. It includes
some experimental indicators that provide insight into new areas of policy interest. An important objective of
the report is to highlight measurement gaps and propose action for advancing the measurement agenda. It
draws mainly on OECD indicators or sources of comparable quality. Areas for which good-quality, internationally
comparable indicators are not available or only very loose proxies exist are covered separately, using special “Gap
pages” that point to measurement gaps that need to be filled.